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Group Captain Billy Drake, DSO, DFC & Bar (20 December 1917 – 28 August 2011) was a British fighter pilot and air ace. He was credited officially with 18 enemy aircraft destroyed, two shared, two unconfirmed, four probables, two shared probables and five damaged and one shared damaged with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Further revisions to these statistics increased this total to 20 destroyed and seven damaged with a further 13 destroyed and four damaged on the ground.

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  • Billy Drake DSO, DFC & Bar (20. prosince 1917 – 28. srpna 2011) byl britské letecké eso. V době druhé světové války dosáhl jako stíhací pilot Royal Air Force dvaceti jistých a šesti pravděpodobných sestřelů nepřátelských letounů, a devět poškodil. Létal ve strojích Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire a Curtiss P-40 (v britském letectvu nesoucích označení Tomahawk a Kittyhawk) u perutí operujících ve Francii, Anglii, západní a severní Africe a z Malty. Byl nejúspěšnějším britským pilotem typu P-40, a druhým nejúspěšnějším v rámci Commonwealthu, po . (cs)
  • Group Captain Billy Drake, DSO, DFC & Bar (20 December 1917 – 28 August 2011) was a British fighter pilot and air ace. He was credited officially with 18 enemy aircraft destroyed, two shared, two unconfirmed, four probables, two shared probables and five damaged and one shared damaged with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Further revisions to these statistics increased this total to 20 destroyed and seven damaged with a further 13 destroyed and four damaged on the ground. Drake flew Hawker Hurricanes, Supermarine Spitfires and Curtiss P-40s (Tomahawks/Kittyhawks), with squadrons based in France, England, West Africa, North Africa and Malta. He was the top-scoring RAF P-40 pilot and the second-highest-scoring British Commonwealth P-40 pilot, behind Clive Caldwell. (en)
  • Billy Drake, né le 20 décembre 1917 à Londres et mort le 28 août 2011 à Teignmouth, est un pilote de chasse britannique. Membre de la Royal Air Force (RAF) lors la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il revendique entre 20 et 25 victoires. Il est le 2e as du Commonwealth en nombre de victoires sur Curtiss P-40 après l'australien Clive Caldwell. Il est membre de l'Ordre du Service distingué et décoré de la Distinguished Flying Cross. (fr)
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  • United Kingdom
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  • Krendi Wing(1943)
  • No. 112 Squadron RAF(1942–43)
  • No. 128 Squadron RAF(1941–42)
  • No. 20 Wing RAF (1943–44)
  • No. 421 (Reconnaissance) Flight RAF(1940–41)
  • RAF Chivenor(1962–63)
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  • 1936-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 1917-12-20 (xsd:date)
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  • Wing Commander Billy Drake in 1943. (en)
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  • 2011-08-28 (xsd:date)
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  • Teignmouth, Devon, England (en)
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  • Billy Drake DSO, DFC & Bar (20. prosince 1917 – 28. srpna 2011) byl britské letecké eso. V době druhé světové války dosáhl jako stíhací pilot Royal Air Force dvaceti jistých a šesti pravděpodobných sestřelů nepřátelských letounů, a devět poškodil. Létal ve strojích Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire a Curtiss P-40 (v britském letectvu nesoucích označení Tomahawk a Kittyhawk) u perutí operujících ve Francii, Anglii, západní a severní Africe a z Malty. Byl nejúspěšnějším britským pilotem typu P-40, a druhým nejúspěšnějším v rámci Commonwealthu, po . (cs)
  • Billy Drake, né le 20 décembre 1917 à Londres et mort le 28 août 2011 à Teignmouth, est un pilote de chasse britannique. Membre de la Royal Air Force (RAF) lors la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il revendique entre 20 et 25 victoires. Il est le 2e as du Commonwealth en nombre de victoires sur Curtiss P-40 après l'australien Clive Caldwell. Il est membre de l'Ordre du Service distingué et décoré de la Distinguished Flying Cross. (fr)
  • Group Captain Billy Drake, DSO, DFC & Bar (20 December 1917 – 28 August 2011) was a British fighter pilot and air ace. He was credited officially with 18 enemy aircraft destroyed, two shared, two unconfirmed, four probables, two shared probables and five damaged and one shared damaged with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Further revisions to these statistics increased this total to 20 destroyed and seven damaged with a further 13 destroyed and four damaged on the ground. (en)
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  • Billy Drake (en)
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